JonParker
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Under the Technical Issues forum there's a sticky thread on issues with audio or sync problems. I'd follow the directions there to contact TCM about this problem.
That thread is here.
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> I doubt I will ever do without a VCR
> completely because there will probably always be
> certain title's I recorded on tape that a.
> won't ever go to dvd or be aired on TV and, b.
> I'm too lazy to bother "converting" to dvd.
That's me all over. When I bought my DVD recorder it was for the express purpose of converting all my bulky videotapes to easy to store DVDs. I think I did four before I got bored with the project and gave up. Now I record anything new to DVD, and I've caught some movies that I had previously recorded to VHS and got rid of the tapes, but the bulk of it just sits there. Most worrisome is my MST3k collection, which I do need to convert before the tapes go bad. I also have a lot of precodes that used to appear on TCM a lot but haven't shown up in years.
If I could motivate myself to dub one movie a day, i'd be done in a couple of years.
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> *sigh*
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> Actually, what this board could use most is an
> 'ignore poster' feature.
I'd have the whole lot of them on ignore if that were the case, which is sad, because most of them actually do contribute to the film discussion when they're not sniping at each other.
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> > I don't know how "the code" treated adultery as a
> situation other than it had to take place off screen.
> The film makes clear that Jerry would like a divorce
> from his wife but she refuses to give it to him so
> maybe the "alienation of affection" of which he was
> a victim was good enough to allow him to cheat
> without regard of a "come-uppance".
The code states the following under General Principles:
"The sanctity of the institution of marriage and the home shall be upheld. Pictures shall not infer that low forms of sex relationship are the accepted or common thing.
1. Adultery, sometimes necessary plot material, must not be explicitly treated, or justified, or presented attractively."
Under reasons supporting the GP it states:
"In the case of impure love, the love which society has always regarded as wrong and which has been banned by divine law, the following are important:
1. Impure love must not be presented as attractive and beautiful.
2. It must not be the subject of comedy or farce, or treated as material for laughter.
3. It must not be presented in such a way to arouse passion or morbid curiosity on the part of the audience.
4. It must not be made to seem right and permissible.
5. It general, it must not be detailed in method and manner."
The entire text of the code can be found here.
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I am fully in agreement with the wolf in that cartoon. I did pretty much the same thing.
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Short answer: not for a while, if ever. See the thread on Syncopation Station.
Long answer: There's still a committment to showing noir, but they'll be scattered around the schedule rather than having the DBD showcase.
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I was following that pretty closely, not just because of control of the Senate, but because I sunk all my campaign contributions this cycle into Jon Tester in Montana. I was pretty anxious there for a couple days.
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> However, I'm having a bit of difficulty trusting the
> Republican Party lately.
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> Imagine that.
There was a time when I would have considered voting for a Republican. i never did, but I would have considered it. It will be a long, long time before I consider that again -- I was disappointed but not crushed after the 2000 election. Boy how wrong I was.
As for who I'd vote for, since the best Dem candidates keep dropping out (Warner, Feingold) I'm just not sure. If he runs again I'll be 100% behind Al Gore.
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Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
I'd agree with "Fury" and "The Big Heat" as well.
Edited to add most of Sergio Leone's films.
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As I mentioned on the other thread, "Penthouse" with Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy and the great Nat Pendleton is a fun movie. "Counsellor-At-Law" with John Barrymore is my favorite role of his. "The Idol Dancer," one of Griffith's lesser known silents, is a good little movie.
In newerish films, "Xiu Xiu The Sent Down Girl" is a Chinese movie that's both very sad and incredibly moving. I'm also into Chinese historical epics -- "The Emperor and the Assassin," "Musa The Warrior" and "Hero" are all good, although the last one isn't that unknown.
There are tons of really good cult films that aren't well known, but I won't try to list them all.
Great thread.
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> Basically, any of the movies that have "The Frat
> Pack" in them, I avoid like the plague (Vince Vaughn
> and Owen Wilson being the main two).
I really had a lot of respect for owen after "Bottle Rocket," his first indie movie that he wrote and starred in with his brother Wes, director of "Rushmore" and "The Royal Tenenbaums." He seems to have gone off the rails lately though.
> I don't always want to naked women and these
> movies rely on a lot of nudity (If I wanted to see
> that, I could strip down and stare at myself in the
> mirror).
Well I can't see naked women in the mirror, so I'm in favor of them in movies.
> I absolutely adore those Christopher
> Guest movies (Waiting For Guffman, A Mighty Wind and
> Best in Show). You don't know how excited I was when
> I first saw the trailer for "For Your Consideration".
> I actually let out a cheer in the middle of the movie
> theater when it came on.
I love love love those. I have them all on DVD, and I even bought the soundtrack to "A Mighty Wind." I can't wait for "For Your Consideration."
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I have tons of movies that I've "obtained" from various sources. In all cases they're ones that I can't get commercially. If it's available for purchase, i'll buy it. Even if it's not on DVD, I'll try to find a used VHS. I haven't picked up a laserdisc player though, and that seems to be the format of choice for tons of currently unavailable classic films.
I support with my wallet the commercial release of classic films, especially silents. One would hope that we can see more films released, especially those released on laserdisc but never on DVD.
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You're welcome. And that's far and away my favorite user name ever.
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> Well stoneyburke, we have been proven right
> all along and those who were adamant that TCM was not
> changing don't want to hear it.
I'm not sure anyone has claimed that TCM isn't changing -- all things change or die. Hopefully it will continue to change. The question is if the changes are for the better or not. So yeah, you're right -- there are changes. I'm not sure that fact earns any sort of moral victory.
I surely don't miss Syncopation Station. Darkness After Dawn was nice, but there's still tons of noir on the schedule, so it's not a bad loss. Ditto Lone Star Cinema. I'd miss Silent Sunday Nights if it disappeared, but as long as I get one or two silents a week I'm not going to be all broken up about it. I love TCMU.
So yeah, the loss of those showcases is a change. But it's not like they cut back on noir, musicals or westerns. All of them are still sprinkled all over the schedule.
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I also like this. It's a bit of a guilty pleasure, since the plot is so cheesy. I don't know much about the making of the film, except that the same team of screenwriters Goodrich and Hackett and director W.S. Van Dyke made this on the heels of "The Thin Man," and we all know how that turned out. They also had done "Penthouse" a couple of years earlier, one of my favorite pre-codes.
Robert Montgomery and Maureen O'Sullivan were probably the two most charismatic stars on earth at the time, which helped. Aside from the lame story and the presence of Mickey Rooney (who I never could tolerate) it's a fun film.
If I see that it's on, I usually end up watching it.
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> "Suspension of Disbelief" is
> the absolute key to these movies relevance.
That's pretty much true of all movies.
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I know that movieman1957 hates it when we post about politics, but I can't resist mentioning that the last two Senators to concede to their opponents in Tuesday's election were Burns and Allen.
Ok, maybe it's not funny...
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CNN is reporting that Jack Palance died at home today. No more details available yet.
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I started to write that I wished you'd post to LJ more, then i checked and for some reason I didn't have you in default view. Oops.
I really like your writing.
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You're probably correct. I have most of those comics packed away, where they are difficult to reach. I gave up buying comics several years ago when I realized that comics and mylar bags were eating up a significant portion of my income.
BTW, Mighty Mouse was vulnerable to green Stiltonite.
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There's tons of coverage of the robo-calling on Talking Points Memo blog. You're absolutely right that in many case they are placed by opponents of the person the calls are supposedly in support of.
New Hampshire, where several top GOP officials were tried for "phone jamming" after the last election, is claiming that political calls are forbidden by the "Do Not Call" registry.
I'm spared calls from either party, since I gave up my land line a couple of years ago and now use my cell as my primary phone.
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Beautiful reply, filmlover, and absolutely accurate. Argo City did have a dome over it, BTW.
Also, there have been several explanations of what gives Kryptonians their powers on earth, but the most common, at least during the Golden and Silver Ages (which is where 90% of my DC universe knowledge comes from) is that the rays of the earth's yellow sun provide them with their invulnerability and flying capability. Of course, this fails to explain how Superman could fly to other solar systems, but logic and continuity were never DC strong points. I believe that the "Crisis of Infinite Earths" series cleaned up the mess some, but I haven't read it.
You know, between you, me and MattHelm, we have some serious geeks on this board.
Edited to add that I might win the geek-off, since I actually have a Superman logo tattooed on my ankle. Seriously. It's the only tattoo i have.
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> Lois
> Lane wears an oversized, comical sailor's(?) hat.
> And, as the story continues, Lois never changes her
> hat! I mean, considering the size of Lois' hat and
> the size of Lois...she could fit her body in her hat
> (with room to spare).
I thought the hat was pretty silly at first, but it's starting to grow on me. Noel Neill is just darned cute no matter what she's wearing.
> And the
> Spider Lady's hair? Oh, don't get me started on
> Spider Lady's hair...
The hair (which is now revealed to be a wig) is bad, but she looks awfully good in that dress, especially when she heads away from the camera back to her office (or wherever she goes to the stage left of the spider's web).
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> > I don't blame him for ignoring you.
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> That is just plain rude.
Not really. I don't blame a Congressman for ignoring rude crank phone calls. Responding is taking time away from constituents with actual problems.
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Chris,
I'd hate it if they closed it down. I haven't posted on the moderation thing even though I've been a mod before, because pktrekgirl and I are in total agreement about how good moderation is handled, and everything she's said goes for me as well.
I'm done -- not with the boards, but with the crap. I'm not responding to it, mostly not reading it (the only reason I looked at this thread at all was because I saw that you'd posted in it), and doing my best to ignore it. It disgusts me that our troll is picking on our most vulnerable members, but unless TCM steps in to appoint a moderator there's nothing that can be done.
What's even worse than the troll is the regular members who think it's ok to have fights with each other in damn near every thread. This thread is fine, but I wish they'd leave the rest of the board alone and stop claiming they have "free speech" rights to act like jerks to each other.